Water Street Improvements – Perth Amboy NJ

City:
Perth Amboy, NJ

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Sidewalks and Stairs

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Completed:
1936

Description

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked on a land reclamation and shore beautification project on the south shore of Perth Amboy, New Jersey. As part of the project Water Street was widened by 12 feet and paved with macadam. Sidewalks and curbs were installed and 300 feet of hedges were transplanted.

Source notes

"The Dawn," a New Jersey WPA publication; October 1936 issue, page 5. Found at the Jersey City Public Library's New Jersey Room.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 12, 2015.

Location Info


State St.
Perth Amboy, NJ

Coordinates: 40.500753, -74.270955

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